‘Falling Skies’ Third Season Premiere: TV Recap

By

Jason Evans

Jun 9, 2013 11:09 pm ET

The third season of TNT’s summer sci-fi series “Falling Skies” begins tonight. When last we left our heroes, human resistance leader Tom (Noah Wyle), had scored his first major victory against then alien invaders, killing one of their powerful overlords, thanks to the help of some rebel skitters. He also found out that his doctor friend Anne (Moon Bloodgood) was pregnant with their child. Lets see where things are going now…

The episode begins with a bunch of “tethered” humans working for the skitters. Col. Dan Weaver (Will Patton) and the 2nd Mass launch an attack, taking out skitters and mechanized soliders. The humans began rounding up all the tethered people.

Just then, some new much bigger robot soldiers(mega-mechs) attack. It was all a trap and our heroes are in major trouble. Tom and some new alien allies arrive and save the day. The new aliens have more powerful weapons. Dan greets Tom and calls him, “Sir.” I guess Tom got a promotion since last season.

Tom arrives back at the human settlement in Charleston and is greeted as “Mr. President.” He apparently won a recent election and is the leader of the human rebels. Tom says he hates being called President. General Bressler (Matt Frewer) says he does not like the President going out on military missions, but Tom says, “Everyone fights.”

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